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Nov 3 How to Make $70 Million in Under Six Months Explained by Choi Soon-sil Gate Scandal

Choi Soon-sil, the controversial confidante of President Park, is under investigation for meddling in state affairs and influence peddling. But how does one monetize influence and not get caught? We try to connect the dots from publicly available sources into how a real professional operator like Choi created $70 million in under a year. And Koreans are outraged because *this* is what connections in a corrupt system look like.